Crochet hook



Oct. 8, 1940. sfe. NEUSCHWANGER ET AL I 2,217,524

CROCHET HOOK Filed April 27, 1939 Patented Oct. 8, 1940 PATENT OFFICE 2,217,524 CROCHET HOOK Elmer Graybill Neuschwanger and Hem'ietta C. Neuschwanger, Marshalltown, Iowa Application April 2'7, 1939, Serial No. 270,292

2 Claims.

Our invention relates to a crochet hook and has for its chief object an eye in the opposite end from the hook, and having this end tapered like a wedge, and partly offset, to carry a separate thread from that being worked by the hook, the said thread being applied for the purpose of locking the loop in the process of crocheting.

A still further object of our invention is to provide means whereby a thread may be fastened to the end of the shaft opposite the hook, so that a single fold of thread may be carried.

In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views. The illustrations are enlarged for convenience of showing details.

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the crochet hook. Fig. 2 is a transverse View of Fig. 1, showing the manner of applying the additional thread, cord, or the like, and illustrates how a single fold of the additional thread, from that being worked by the hook may be carried by the end opposite the hook. Referring to the drawing by reference numerals: I denotes the shaft, 2 denotes the wedge shaped end. This thinned end provides a means whereby the additional thread, cord, or the like, may be fastened to the shaft and not be of greater thickness than the diameter of the shaft. 3 denotes the ofisets, which prevent the thread, cord or the like, from slipping down over the shaft. 4 denotes the part of the shaft between the offsets, the end of the additional thread, cord or the like, from that being worked by the hook is fastened by hooking it over this part of the shaft. 5 denotes the slot passing diametrically through the thinner part of the wedge shaped end, positioned near the point where the wedge taper begins, said slot functioning as an eye as shown in Fig.2. 6 denotes the hook whose function is a means for crocheting and the like. 1 denotes the extremity of the shaft, adjacent the hook, which is pointed and functioning as a needle, in the process of crocheting. 8 denotes the additional thread, cord, or the like, showing the end of the additional cord passed through the slot and hooked over the part of the shaft end lying between the offsets.

In the process of crocheting, the crochet hook can be filled with loops, then by drawing the crochet hook through the loops with the addi tional thread, cord, or the like, the loops will be locked, thus preventing the loops from unravelling.

Having thus described our invention, what we claimas new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a crochet book, a shaft having one end thereof wedge shaped, narrowing toward the extremity of the shaft, having the thin sides next to the extremity of the shaft offset, and having a slot passing transversely through the thinner part of the wedge shaped end, said slot positioned in the half of the wedge shaped part of the structure, which is farthest from the extremity of the shaft.

2. In a crochet hook, a shaft having a hook on one end thereof and having the opposite end of the structure wedge-shaped, narrowing toward the extremity of the shaft, having the thin sides next to the, extremity of the shaft offset, and having a slot passing transversely through the thinner part of the wedge shaped end, said slot positioned in the half of the wedge shaped part of the structure, which is farthest from the extremity of the shaft, all for the purpose as herein described.

ELMER GRAYBILL NEUSCHWANGER. HENRIETTA C. NEUSCI-IWANGER. 

